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North Korea slams European nations for ‘illogical thinking’ over missile launches Kim Jong Un

North Korea slams European nations for ‘illogical thinking’ over missile launches

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a TV showing a file picture for a news report on North Korea firing two unidentified projectiles, in Seoul, South Korea, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Heo RaNSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea accused European nations of “illogical thinking” on Saturday after they called a closed-door U.N.…
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March 7, 2020
How the coronavirus outbreak could help fuel China’s dystopian surveillance system Kashgar

How the coronavirus outbreak could help fuel China’s dystopian surveillance system

Analysis bannerBusiness InsiderSurveillance cameras in front of a giant portrait of former Chairman Mao Zedong on Beijing's Tiananmen Square in September 2009.Jason Lee/ReutersAuthorities across China have been using new hi-tech surveillance methods to monitor citizens in an attempt to stem the coronavirus outbreak.They include flying drones to make sure people…
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March 7, 2020
How the coronavirus outbreak could help fuel China’s dystopian surveillance system Kashgar

How the coronavirus outbreak could help fuel China’s dystopian surveillance system

Authorities across China have been using new hi-tech surveillance methods to monitor citizens in an attempt to stem the coronavirus outbreak.They include flying drones to make sure people are wearing masks, facial-recognition cameras, and making people download software to track their location.This kind of surveillance is already present in Xinjiang,…
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March 7, 2020
The UK’s spineless universities are all too willing to do the Home Office’s bidding UK Border

The UK’s spineless universities are all too willing to do the Home Office’s bidding

The latest round of University and College Union (UCU) strikes have always been about more than pensions and working conditions. They are part of a broader struggle against exploitative conditions in higher education, conditions that disproportionately affect migrant academics, staff and students.  The three rounds of UCU strike action have…
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March 7, 2020
How Wikipedia’s volunteers became the web’s best weapon against misinformation New York City

How Wikipedia’s volunteers became the web’s best weapon against misinformation

For a few minutes near the end of his first presidential debate, Mike Bloomberg was dead. At 9:38 p.m. Eastern time, a Wikipedia user named DQUACK02 added some text to the Wikipedia page for the former Democratic presidential candidate and New York City mayor:“death_date   = {{Death date and age|2020|02|19|1942|02|14}};…
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March 7, 2020
The label says 100% compostable plastic. But it’s likely ending up in a landfill Plastic Pollution

The label says 100% compostable plastic. But it’s likely ending up in a landfill

You see them in a variety of products on grocery store shelves: bags, cutlery and coffee pods made of what's known as compostable plastic. But watch what Marketplace discovered about what actually happens when you put them in your green bin. As the plastic pollution problem deepens, interest has grown…
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March 7, 2020
‘We are not animals’: Refugees caught between Turkey and Greece have nowhere to turn Unwelcome Refugees

‘We are not animals’: Refugees caught between Turkey and Greece have nowhere to turn

Turkey's invitation to migrants to make their way into Greece has been widely seen as a provocation aimed at the European Union. For refugees who made their way to the border, it was another cruelty.Refugees walk through a makeshift camp near the edge of Edirne, Turkey, about six kilometres from…
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March 7, 2020